ASTRONOMY I: SOLAR (PCS 107)

Term: 2009-2010 Academic Year Summer Semester

Faculty

	Richard SummersShow MyInfo popup for Richard Summers
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	Office hours: Monday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Tuesday 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Wednesday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Friday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Schedule

Mon-Wed, 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (6/7/2010 - 6/8/2010) Location: MC DOBBS 106
Mon-Wed, 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (6/7/2010 - 8/7/2010) Location: MC TARPL 111

Description

This course covers the astronomy of our own solar system. The course is designed for the non-science major and incorporates laboratory exercises and field trips to observatories/planetariums. Topics include Newton's laws; astronomical instruments; radiation and spectra; earth and the earth-like planets; the Jupiter-like planets; moons, comets and asteroids; and the origin of the solar system and the sun. Laboratory work may involve exercises demonstrating Newton's laws; the construction of astronomical instruments, the analysis of spectra, orbit analysis and tides. No mathematical background is assumed.